BYRON
JONES
Associate dean, professor for research and graduate programs
Director of Engineering Experiment Station
Byron
Jones, associate dean and professor for research and graduate
programs and director of the Engineering Experiment Station at
Kansas State University, has conducted research on the development
of an air quality standard for the airline industry. He says air
quality aboard airplanes concerns two groups: the passengers who
are on the flight for several hours, and the flight attendants
and other crew members who occupy the cabin every day as their
regular working environment.
Studying the immediate surroundings of people in different places is part of Jones' greater field of research with the Institute for Environmental Research. Research by the institute has included the evaluation of factors that affect human comfort levels in buildings, cars and clothing. Grants for these studies have been obtained from sponsors including Ford Motor Co.; the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers; NASA; and the U.S. Army.
In 1999 Jones and three other researchers were honored with the ASHRAE Symposium Paper Award for their paper, "Total heat gain and the split between radiant and convective heat gain from office and laboratory equipment in buildings," by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers.
Jones has been honored with the Engineering Research Excellence Award from the K-State College of Engineering. He is a fellow of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers where he chairs the committee that is developing an air qualiy standard for aircraft. He is also a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and has made presentations at more than 30 chapter meetings for the society. Based on his research, he has published more than 50 articles in scholarly journals and publications, written or edited chapters for three books and is the author of one book.
Jones earned his bachelor's degree in 1971 in mechanical engineering from K-State and his master's degree in 1973 and doctorate in 1975, both in mechanical engineering, from Oklahoma State University. He has been at K-State since 1978.
Jones can be reached at 785-532-5844, or by e-mail at jones@k-state.edu.